White Sox
Fuller worked as the co-hitting coach for the Orioles since 2022.
As the Sox fell behind the competition in the research and development elements of their operation, Getz looked to close the gap.
Venable is franchise’s 44th skipper.
But at the pace of talks with Comcast, CHSN could launch its direct-to-consumer service before it appears on Xfinity.
“We are focusing on position-player return,” general manager Chris Getz said at the GM meetings. “That is our primary focus in any trade talks.”
The latest is the hiring of Ryan Fuller as director of hitting.
Getz is convening with his MLB counterparts at the GM meetings this week.
White Sox right-handers Matt Foster and Jimmy Lambert accept free agency.
Venable’s top priority is getting Sox players — and fans — to move on after a staggering 121-loss season.
“You want to build something sustainable,” he said.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” you voted on that, picked the winner of the Bears-Cardinals game Sunday and weighed in on the White Sox’ hiring of Will Venable as manager.
The decision had been expected since midseason.
But the White Sox’ coaching staff will “take shape naturally, organically. We don’t want to force anything,” GM Chris Getz said.
The former Rangers associate manager becomes the franchise’s 44th skipper.
By choosing Venable, it indicates the former Cubs coach is on board with an organization that was shredded and humbled the last two seasons.
The team is hiring Will Venable from a lukewarm list of candidates
Venable, who turned 42 on Tuesday, is a Princeton grad who played nine seasons in the majors and was named a special assistant to Cubs president Theo Epstein in 2017. He was the Cubs’ first-base coach in 2018-19 and third-base coach in 2020.
Montgomery batted .313 with three home runs and a 1.167 OPS in 32 at-bats, but there was more that satisfied team evaluators.
Phil Nevin, Will Venable and Grady Sizemore are among the candidates.